Chapter Summaries

In Star Luo City, Ji Lin underwent his Martial Soul awakening ceremony and manifested the Heavenly Fire Holy Judgment, a greatsword with Ultimate Destruction and Ultimate Fire. Its immense aura drew the Star Luo Emperor and the imperial consecrators to the hall, where they found Ji Lin holding the weapon and demanded to know what had happened.

• Xu Jiujiu led Ji Lin to the imperial palace for his Martial Soul awakening and introduced him to Zhang Wei.
• Zhang Wei began the awakening ceremony, and Ji Lin's crimson greatsword appeared with a destructive aura that scattered the clouds above Star Luo City.
• Ji Lin recognized the weapon as the Heavenly Fire Holy Judgment from his previous life and felt its immense power.
• Xu Jiawei and the imperial consecrators rushed to the Awakening Hall after sensing the aura.
• Xu Jiawei found Ji Lin holding the greatsword and asked Zhang Wei who had released the powerful aura.

Ji Lin awakened Heavenly Fire Holy Judgment, an Ultimate Fire martial soul, and revealed his exceptional talent to Xu Jiawei and the Star Luo Empire’s elders. After testing at Innate Full Soul Power, he concealed the martial soul’s second attribute, Ultimate Destruction, while Xu Jiujiu urged him to cultivate and protect her.

• Zhang Wei reported that the destructive aura had come from Ji Lin’s martial soul awakening, and Xu Jiujiu confirmed that no one else had been there.
• Ji Lin showed the elders Heavenly Fire Holy Judgment and identified it as a mutation of the Crimson Flame Sword with the Ultimate Fire attribute.
• Shattered Star Douluo recognized Ji Lin’s flames as ultimate, and Xu Jiawei celebrated the potential advantage Ji Lin could bring against the Sun Moon Empire.
• Zhang Wei tested Ji Lin’s soul power, and the crystal ball shone brightly to confirm Innate Full Soul Power.
• Ji Lin privately concealed Heavenly Fire Holy Judgment’s Ultimate Destruction attribute, while Xu Jiujiu hugged him and told him to cultivate so he could protect her.

Chi Yuan Douluo arrived at the Star Luo imperial palace after sensing Ultimate Fire, and she knocked Great Strength Douluo Cheng Gang aside when he attacked her. Xu Jiawei revealed that Ji Lin had awakened an Ultimate Fire martial soul, leaving Chi Yuan Douluo face-to-face with the person she had come to find.

• Ji Lin sensed Chi Yuan Douluo approaching, while Shattered Star Douluo recognized the danger and Cheng Gang charged at her despite warnings.
• Chi Yuan Douluo struck Cheng Gang with one blow, sending him crashing through a palace hall, where he dismissed the guards and concealed his defeat.
• Xu Jiawei and the other consecrates confronted Chi Yuan Douluo, who explained that she had followed the aura of Ultimate Fire and had only retaliated against Cheng Gang.
• Xu Jiawei brought Ji Lin forward and told Chi Yuan Douluo that he had awakened the Ultimate Fire martial soul she had sensed.

Chi Yuan sought to take Ji Lin as her disciple, and Xu Jiawei agreed after securing her nominal membership in the Star Luo Empire's Worship Hall. After Ji Lin formally became her disciple, he and Chi Yuan settled into a palace residence, where they began speaking privately.

• Chi Yuan told Xu Jiawei she had come to take Ji Lin as her disciple, and the Shattered Star Douluo urged the emperor to recruit her into the Star Luo Empire.
• Xu Jiawei offered Chi Yuan a nominal position in the Royal Worship Hall in exchange for aid during crises, and she agreed while reserving her usual freedom and responsibility for Ji Lin.
• Xu Jiawei asked Ji Lin whether he would accept Chi Yuan as his master, and Ji Lin immediately agreed and performed the discipleship ceremony.
• Chi Yuan accepted Ji Lin as her disciple and promised to help him become the strongest soul master, then Xu Jiawei left with the Worship Hall members and injured Cheng Gang.
• Xu Jiujiu escorted Ji Lin and Chi Yuan to a palace residence and arranged for his belongings to be brought there.
• After Xu Jiujiu left, Chi Yuan shielded the room with her Mental Power, and Ji Lin asked her to call him A'Lin instead of Young Master.

Ji Lin reviewed his Treasure Chest System, cultivation, and abilities, then planned to travel with Chi Yuan to the Star Dou Great Forest for his first soul ring. Xu Jiujiu accepted Chi Yuan as Ji Lin’s protector, while Xu Jiawei hinted that time was running short for them all.

• Ji Lin checked his status panel and reflected on his Soul Power version of Void Sword Qi, Key of Destruction, and Heavenly Fire Domain.
• Ji Lin recalled that Chi Yuan had been created by a treasure chest as a living being and had agreed to become his master to provide him with public backing.
• Ji Lin asked Chi Yuan to take him to the Star Dou Great Forest the next day to hunt for an eight-hundred-year fire-attributed soul beast, and Chi Yuan agreed.
• Xu Jiujiu asked Xu Jiawei whether Chi Yuan could be trusted, and Xu Jiawei reassured her that Chi Yuan was powerful, well-suited to teach Ji Lin, and showed no hostility.
• Xu Jiujiu realized Ji Lin’s new teacher could help him obtain a soul ring, then left relieved, while Xu Jiawei worried that little time remained for Ji Lin and the empire.

Ji Lin and Chi Yuan searched the Star Dou Great Forest’s Mixed Area for a fire-attribute soul beast suitable for Ji Lin’s first soul ring. Nearby, Zhang Lexuan’s Shrek Academy group camped in a valley to obtain her seventh soul ring, and Zhang Lexuan noticed two people approaching.

• Chi Yuan carried Ji Lin past the Outer Area and into the Mixed Area, where her presence frightened away every soul beast they encountered.
• After more than four hours of searching, Ji Lin and Chi Yuan had found no fire-attribute soul beast suitable for him.
• Zhang Lexuan declined a fruit offered by a young male student, while Ma Xiaotao mocked his attempt to pursue her.
• Ma Xiaotao tended the campfire, Ling Luochen sat quietly nearby, and a scruffy man drank and ate on a tree as the Shrek Academy students rested in the valley.
• Zhang Lexuan spotted two people approaching the valley entrance and became vigilant.

Ji Lin and Chi Yuan met Xuan Zi and the Shrek Academy students while seeking a meal, and Ji Lin charmed the women as he ate. After Ji Lin revealed that his martial soul possessed Ultimate Fire, Xuan Zi asked to see it, and Ji Lin summoned his crimson greatsword.

• Xuan Zi sensed Chi Yuan’s formidable aura and confronted her and Ji Lin before Ji Lin explained that they came from the Star Luo Empire for food.
• Xuan Zi recognized Chi Yuan Douluo and welcomed the pair, and Zhang Lexuan brought them to the meal.
• Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and Zhang Lexuan learned Ji Lin was six, his name was Ji Lin, and Chi Yuan was his teacher.
• Ji Lin revealed that his Tool Martial Soul possessed Ultimate Fire, astonishing Ma Xiaotao and Xuan Zi.
• Xuan Zi asked to see Ji Lin’s martial soul, and Ji Lin summoned a crimson greatsword that radiated intense heat.

Ji Lin confirmed his plan to study at Shrek Academy, then hunted an eight-hundred-year Blazing Sun Fire Dragon for his first Soul Ring. He absorbed it successfully and gained the all-around enhancement Soul Skill Remaining Fire.

• Xuan Zi confirmed that Ji Lin possessed Ultimate Fire and invited him to study at Shrek Academy, an offer Chi Yuan accepted on his behalf.
• After leaving the valley, Ji Lin explained why he wanted to attend Shrek and asked Chi Yuan to help him find a suitable Soul Beast.
• Ji Lin and Chi Yuan found an eight-hundred-year Blazing Sun Fire Dragon, and Chi Yuan subdued it before its parents could return.
• Ji Lin killed the sleeping Blazing Sun Fire Dragon and absorbed its Soul Ring, using Void Sword Qi to endure the pain.
• Ji Lin gained three ranks of Soul Power and the auxiliary Soul Skill Remaining Fire, which increased his attack, defense, and speed by one hundred percent.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion and Scarlet King approached Ji Lin and Chi Yuan after sensing the Ultimate Fire from Ji Lin’s greatsword. Chi Yuan injured the Imperial Beast while stopping her attack, and Scarlet King warned that harming her could drive the Star Dou Great Forest’s soul beasts into a frenzy.

• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion left the Lake of Life to investigate the powerful fire energy, and Scarlet King followed her.
• Scarlet King identified Ji Lin’s Ultimate Fire martial soul and urged the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to return and inform Di Tian, but she charged toward Ji Lin.
• Scarlet King attacked Chi Yuan to hold her back, while the Three-Eyed Golden Lion went after Ji Lin.
• Chi Yuan’s aura halted both soul beasts, and she struck the fleeing Three-Eyed Golden Lion, leaving her severely injured.
• Scarlet King warned Chi Yuan that the injured soul beast was the Star Dou Great Forest’s Imperial Beast, but Chi Yuan refused to back down.

Chi Yuan forced Scarlet King to trade a hundred-thousand-year Fire Attribute Spirit Bone for the Imperial Beast, while Ji Lin resonated attributes with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and shared memories with it. The chapter ended with the beast dazed by Ji Lin’s memories and changed by visions of its own past.

• Scarlet King agreed to bring Chi Yuan a hundred-thousand-year Fire Attribute Spirit Bone in exchange for the Imperial Beast’s release.
• Chi Yuan restrained the Three-Eyed Golden Lion while Ji Lin touched its vertical eye and began resonating attributes with it.
• Ji Lin’s Mental Power and Void Sword Qi advanced, while the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s attribute became Ultimate Fire and Ji Lin’s Feather Crossing Dust feather burned away.
• Ji Lin used false memories to conceal his past life, the Treasure Chest System, and Chi Yuan’s origins from the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• A vision showed Ji Lin the Three-Eyed Golden Lion hatching and growing, and the beast received memories of Ji Lin and a pink-blue-haired girl.

Seven-year-old Ji Lin became a Rank 1 Soul Engineer and traveled with Chi Yuan to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain his second soul ring. After absorbing a three-thousand-year Winged Fire Dragon’s ring, he gained Fire Element Manipulation and learned to form powerful wings for flight and attack, but the beast produced no soul bone.

• Ji Lin reflected on his year of cultivation, reached Level 20, and became a Rank 1 Soul Engineer after receiving extensive support from the Star Luo Empire.
• Ji Lin packed supplies and left with Chi Yuan for the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain his second soul ring.
• Chi Yuan quickly subdued a three-thousand-year Winged Fire Dragon, and Ji Lin defeated it with Heavenly Fire Holy Judgment before absorbing its soul ring.
• Ji Lin gained Fire Element Manipulation and demonstrated that he could form flaming wings for flight and firestorm attacks.
• Chi Yuan praised Ji Lin’s new soul skill and prepared to leave, while Ji Lin lamented that the Winged Fire Dragon had produced no soul bone.

After Ji Lin reached level 30, Xu Jiawei arranged his engagement to Xu Jiujiu, and the two shared their first kiss after the ceremony. Xu Jiujiu fled in embarrassment, leaving Ji Lin longing for more while Chi Yuan secretly watched.

• Ji Lin devoted himself to cultivation and body training, while Xu Jiujiu repeatedly drew him out to spend time together.
• Xu Jiawei asked Chi Yuan to approve an engagement between Ji Lin and Xu Jiujiu, and Chi Yuan left the decision to Ji Lin.
• Ji Lin and Xu Jiujiu agreed to the engagement, and Xu Jiawei held a small ceremony attended by imperial nobles and Worship Hall Titled Douluo.
• After the ceremony, Xu Jiujiu let Ji Lin rest his head on her lap and kissed him, then fled after he licked her lips.
• Ji Lin lamented that Xu Jiujiu had left him wanting more, while Chi Yuan watched secretly and Xu Jiujiu hid her flushed face in her pillow.

After teasing Xu Jiujiu, Ji Lin set out with Chi Yuan to obtain his third Soul Ring. In the Star Dou Great Forest, they arrived just in time to save Zhang Lexuan and the surviving Shrek Inner Court disciples from a Silver Moon Flood Dragon Emperor.

• Ji Lin teased Xu Jiujiu at breakfast, then kissed her before running off, leaving her amused and relieved.
• Chi Yuan urged Ji Lin to obtain his third Soul Ring, and they headed to the Mixed Area of the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt an eight-thousand-year fire-attributed Soul Beast.
• Zhang Lexuan and eleven Shrek Inner Court disciples encountered the hundred-thousand-year Silver Moon Flood Dragon Emperor after Xuan Zi became separated from them.
• The Silver Moon Flood Dragon Emperor killed several disciples and injured the survivors, leaving Zhang Lexuan and three others facing its attack.
• Chi Yuan appeared and blocked the Flood Dragon Emperor’s strike, and Ji Lin landed beside Zhang Lexuan to ask whether she was all right.

Ji Lin rescued Zhang Lexuan from the Silver Moon Flood Dragon Emperor and helped Chi Yuan defeat the beast. After learning that eight Inner Court disciples had died, Xuan Zi took the survivors back to Shrek Academy, while Ji Lin proposed that Zhang Lexuan absorb the beast’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

• Ji Lin led Zhang Lexuan away from the battlefield as Chi Yuan faced the Silver Moon Flood Dragon Emperor.
• Chi Yuan struck the Silver Moon Flood Dragon Emperor with her eighth Soul Skill, leaving it gravely wounded.
• Xuan Zi arrived and learned from Zhang Lexuan that eight Inner Court disciples had died and three were severely injured.
• Ji Lin urged Xuan Zi to take the injured disciples and the dead back to Shrek Academy, and Xuan Zi departed with them.
• Ji Lin offered the dying Silver Moon Flood Dragon Emperor’s Soul Ring to Zhang Lexuan and promised he could help her absorb it safely.

Ji Lin gave Zhang Lexuan 100,000-year Whale Jelly so she could safely absorb the Silver Moon Flood Dragon Emperor’s soul ring, but the potent tonic caused her to lose control. Chi Yuan left Ji Lin alone with Zhang Lexuan, and he resigned himself to helping her release the effects.

• Chi Yuan shielded a hidden cave while Zhang Lexuan recovered, and Ji Lin gave Chi Yuan a piece of his 100,000-year Whale Jelly to refine for Zhang Lexuan.
• After Zhang Lexuan recovered, Ji Lin gave her the refined Whale Jelly and urged her to use it before the Silver Moon Flood Dragon Emperor died.
• Zhang Lexuan swallowed the Whale Jelly and began refining it while Ji Lin cultivated nearby.
• Zhang Lexuan became feverish and clung to Ji Lin; Chi Yuan said she needed to release the potent effects or risk lasting harm.
• Chi Yuan carried the Silver Moon Flood Dragon Emperor outside and sealed off the cave, leaving Ji Lin to help Zhang Lexuan as he feared her reaction when she woke.

After recovering from the Whale Jelly’s side effects, Zhang Lexuan came to terms with what had happened with Ji Lin and decided to let go of her agreement with Bei Bei. She and Ji Lin rejoined Chi Yuan, who confirmed Zhang Lexuan could absorb the Silver Moon Flood Dragon Emperor’s Soul Ring.

• Zhang Lexuan woke in Ji Lin’s arms and asked him to take his hand away before she got up to wash and change.
• While cleaning herself, Zhang Lexuan thought of Bei Bei and Mu En, then decided to let go of Bei Bei and apologize to Elder Mu for breaking their agreement.
• Zhang Lexuan came out of the cave, and she and Ji Lin acted as if nothing had happened as they went to meet Chi Yuan.
• Ji Lin asked whether the Silver Moon Flood Dragon Emperor was still alive, and Chi Yuan said she had stabilized its injuries.
• Chi Yuan examined Zhang Lexuan and confirmed that her body and Mental Power were strong enough to absorb the Soul Ring.

After the Silver Moon Flood Dragon Emperor’s death, Zhang Lexuan began absorbing its soul ring while Xuan Zi returned the wounded disciples to Shrek Academy. At the Sea God Pavilion Conference, Xuan Zi resigned over the loss of eight Inner Court disciples, but Mu En ordered him to return to his seat.

• Zhang Lexuan decapitated the barely breathing Silver Moon Flood Dragon Emperor and began absorbing its red soul ring.
• Xuan Zi brought the three severely wounded disciples to Shrek Academy, where healing-type Soul Masters stabilized their conditions.
• Yan Shaozhe told Xuan Zi that the Sea God Pavilion Conference had been arranged, and Xuan Zi went with him to attend.
• Xuan Zi announced that he would resign as deputy commander of the Shrek Inspection Corps and withdraw from Sea God Pavilion.
• Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er urged Xuan Zi to stay, but he insisted on leaving to visit the families of the eight dead disciples.
• Mu En ordered Xuan Zi to return, and Xuan Zi turned back to his seat.

At the Sea God Pavilion Conference, Mu En stopped Xuan Zi from fleeing responsibility for the deaths and injuries in the Star Dou Great Forest. He ordered Shrek Academy to care for Ji Lin, whose rescue of Lexuan and the others had left the academy indebted to him, while Yan Shaozhe privately resolved to recruit Ji Lin openly.

• Mu En rebuked Xuan Zi for trying to resign and ordered him to learn from the tragedy, compensate the bereaved families, and seek forgiveness from the injured disciples and Lexuan.
• Mu En said the matter would be revisited after Lexuan returned and the three severely injured disciples awoke.
• Mu En asked whether the child Chi Yuan had taken to the Star Dou Great Forest was Ji Lin, and Xuan Zi confirmed it.
• Mu En told Yan Shaozhe to ensure Ji Lin was treated well and that Shrek Academy fulfilled his requests because he had saved Lexuan and the others.
• Yan Shaozhe agreed to nurture Ji Lin and privately decided to recruit him through honest means rather than use underhanded methods.

After Zhang Lexuan absorbed the Silver Moon Flood Dragon Emperor’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and advanced to Soul Douluo, Ji Lin offered her the beast’s Soul Bone as a betrothal gift, and she accepted. Ji Lin then planned to seek Sky Dream Ice Silkworm before Huo Yuhao could obtain it, while trusting the Treasure Chest System if the plan failed.

• Zhang Lexuan successfully absorbed the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, gained two Soul Skills, and advanced two levels to become a Soul Douluo.
• Ji Lin and Zhang Lexuan dissected the Silver Moon Flood Dragon Emperor and recovered a silver Soul Bone.
• Zhang Lexuan initially refused the Soul Bone, but Ji Lin offered it and her earlier gifts as betrothal gifts and asked her to marry him when he came of age.
• Zhang Lexuan accepted the gifts for now, moved by Ji Lin’s sincerity and his promise to take responsibility.
• Ji Lin planned to monitor the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion and try to intercept Sky Dream Ice Silkworm after Huo Yuhao escaped, without harming Huo Yuhao.

Ji Lin obtained his third soul ring in the Star Dou Great Forest, parted from Zhang Lexuan after promising to marry her, and returned to Xu Jiujiu with a Hundred Thousand Year soul bone for her. Xu Jiujiu accepted the gift, and the two shared their first real kiss.

• Zhang Lexuan kept the Silver Moon Flood Dragon Emperor's soul bone to absorb later at Shrek Academy, while she helped Ji Lin find a third soul ring.
• Ji Lin absorbed an eight-thousand-year Purple Sword Bamboo soul ring and gained the Crimson Flame Sword Qi skill.
• After leaving the forest, Ji Lin promised Zhang Lexuan he would marry her after graduating from Shrek Academy, then returned to Star Luo City with Chi Yuan.
• Ji Lin told Xu Jiujiu about his trip but left out his romantic promise to Zhang Lexuan.
• Ji Lin gave Xu Jiujiu a Hundred Thousand Year Starlight Deer Body Bone, whose skills could help her cultivate with her Star Crown Martial Soul during the day.
• Xu Jiujiu invited Ji Lin to continue what they had left unfinished, and they shared their first real kiss.